Onchain Scaling Conference: Are Hard Forks Really Necessary?

[Ezekial2517]

Today, the Encore Edition of the Onchain Scaling conference took place, discussing the many on-chain scalability solutions on the table for Bitcoin. Developer Jeff Garzik, Cornell professor Emin Gün Sirer, and lawyer Andrew Hinkes discussed hard fork potentials and the legal aspects of managing the blockchain protocol on-chain.

https://news.bitcoin.com/onchain-scaling-encore-coverage/

[DooMAD]

*Awaits the obligatory "Bitcoin-NG rekt" thread*  

I still don't see a time in future where the pressure for more space won't be there (and I don't see forcing large swathes of traffic off-chain as a viable solution).  If anything, the pressure will only grow as the userbase grows.  I'm still pretty sure, unless someone comes up with a truly visionary and exceptional alternative, a hard fork relating to blocksize is inevitable at some point.  It may not happen in the near future, but some day.  

[HostFat]

If anything, the pressure will only grow as the userbase grows.

Users are growing, but not on BTC
http://coinmarketcap.com/charts/#btc-percentage